viii PREFACE
Dye and Miss Christine Gilbert of Teachers College, Colum-
bia University, for assistance in selecting books which young
children enjoy; to Mrs. Edith D. Davison, Department of
Public Instruction, Pennsylvania, for reading part of the man-
uscript; to Miss Mary Haddow, Director of Elementary
Schools, Youngstown, Ohio, Miss Helen Allen, teacher in the
Indianapolis Public Schools, and Mrs. Jean L. Russell,
teacher in the Pittsburgh Public Schools, for helpful ma-
terials; and to many friends whose encouragement made the
production of the book possible.
I am indebted to all those who have permitted the use of
materials from their personal and school files, and to authors
and publishers for the use of published materials.
Finally, I wish to express my appreciation of the inspiration
derived from many former teachers, from men and women I
have known who have been homemakers in the truest sense
of the word, and from the many home economics teachers
and other educators with whom I have worked to help boys
and girls live more richly and become cooperative family
members.
E. S.
NEW YORK
January, 1946